Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory Care Services covers:

• All Inpatient Wards
• All Outpatient Clinics (areas)
• ICUs
• ER
• OR – for a limited function
• Member of RRT Team
• Member of Code Team
• Member of L&D Team

Scope of services include:

1.        oxygenation & ventilation support
2.        administration of specialty medical gases (Oxygen, Nitric Oxide, Heliox),
3.        inhaled medications delivery,
4.        airway humidification,
5.        emergency assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
6.        monitoring patient's physiological responses to therapy,
7.        lung expansion therapy,
8.        blood gas analysis and interpretation,
9.        pulmonary function laboratory studies,
10.        patient discharge planning, asthma education and home mechanical ventilation program;
11.        Bronchoscopy procedures,
12.        Attending High-risk Deliveries in Labor and Delivery, Surfactant Replacement Therapy.
13.        Respiratory Clinic and Titration of BiPAP/CPAP